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Maundy Thursday

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The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Daily Office Readings and Brief Reflections Opening Sentence Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. Joel 2:13 Today's Readings Thursday | 24 March 2016 | Ps. 102; Ps. 142 143; Lam. 2:10–18; 1 Cor. 10:14–17 11:27–32; Mark 14:12–25 Psalm 102 Lord do not hide from me and hear my prayer; I am weak and ill; everyone is against me; I wither like the grass; but you Lord are timeless and your mercy it known through out everywhere; the homeless prayers will be heard; Do not limit my time here.... You will transform me. Lamentations 2 Take on sack cloth and repent; wail and mourn; your prophets are wrong; enemies gather because you have not repented and turned from your evil ways as a nation. 1 Corinthians 10 Paul writes; flee from idols; we take the communion ...

Wednesday in Holy Week

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Jesus and his disciples By Onofrio bramante (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Daily Office Readings and Brief Reflections Opening Sentence Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. Joel 2:13 Today's Readings Wednesday | 23 March 2016 Ps. 55; Ps. 74; Lam. 2:1–9 14–17; 2 Cor. 1:23—2:11; Mark 12:1–11 Psalm 55 Hear my prayer, listen to me, I am afraid, I would flee, I have been taunted, I was betrayed by my friend, I will complain and lament and pray to God for they do not fear the Lord, God will not let the righteous stumble; To God be the Glory. 2 Corinthians 23 We are workers with you in Christ, I did not come to cause or receive pain, you should forgive the one who has wronged us, do not be tempted. Mark 12 Jesus taught them in parables; story of the wicked tenants and ...